Zia
London Beer Factory in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.97
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A decadent stout modelled after the famed Italian dessert. Luscious mocha coffee aromas rise straight from the glass. Drinking – a velvety, creamy body is supported by rich roasted barley – backed by adjunct sweetness and roasted chocolate malts. A digestivo, dessert, and coffee in one.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a lovely near black, with a small frothy beige head, and a caramel vanilla latte aroma. By eck, it's sweet! Has a thick luscious mouthfeel and a sweet dessert flavour, with coffee, chocolate, vanilla and toffee all smashed together, the booze sitting nicely in the background.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2021
at 19:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home in Hackney - picked up from Bottle Apostle, South Hackney. Pours black with a sturdy, mocha cream topping. Unsurprisingly this is very sweet, syrupy at times, with rich chocolate cake vibes, a little oily vanilla, sugary coffee, decent roast, a little bitter ash, earth, chocolate frosting. Full bodied, oily and chewy, with fine carbonation. Sticky finish, moderately warming, more rich sugary chocolate character, mild roast, vanilla, raisins, toasted marshmallows, sweet and milky coffee. It delivers on its description, so can't fault it for being sweet. Rather enjoyable in a small dose.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2021
at 21:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Panda at home, thanks to Fergus, 27/01/21. Black with a decent tan covering that veers to the edge and leaves a little spotting. Nose is roast malts, coffee bean, dark chocolate, molasses, toffee, brown sugars. Taste comprises sweet malts, coffee, brown sugar melt, dried fruits, Tiramisu coffee mix, toffee fudge. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a kiss of alcohol. Ok impy stout if stuck a little between 3rd and 4th gear and a touch overly sweet and lacking overall cohesion.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2021
at 23:36
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can at home picked up from Tesco. A dense dark brown liquic with a small dark tan head. Aroma is sweet nuttella chocolate, jammy fruits, turkish delight, jammy fruits, light perfume. Flavour is composed of sugary sweet brown sugars, marshmallow, jammy fruits, hazelnut. Cloying sweet, light turkish delight. Palate is very sweet, cloying sticky, moderate carbonation. Meh.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2021
at 21:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Tesco Supermarket, Failsworth. Black with a small head. Rich tasting stout, clearly strong, but the alcohol doesn't impact the flavour too much. It's slightly sticky-sweet and slow-sipping. There's notes of coffee with a more regular roasted malt aroma.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jan 2021
at 21:37
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 1
Texture 8
Overall 3.5
Can from Tesco Extra, Abingdon Oxfordshire, UK. Consumed at home on a three way What's App call with Dad and Scott. Pours black with an off white creamy coloured head. Aroma is mostly coffee but the suggestion of sponge soaked in spirits is also there. God this is absolutely unbearable, it's overwhelming in its sweetness it is a sugary mess, this is T2 diabetes in a can, drain pour.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2020
at 06:36